Which approach is better for labor induction: simultaneous or sequential administration of oxytocin and intrauterine balloon-a systematic review and a meta-analysis.

Objective: To compare the efficacy of simultaneous and sequential administration of oxytocin and intrauterine balloons in labor induction.

Methods: The databases of Cochrane Library, Web of Science, PubMed, ClinicalTrials.gov, and Embase were thoroughly searched from their inception to November 2023.

Establishing a screening strategy for non-discriminatory reactive blood donors by constructing a predictive model of hepatitis B virus infection status from a single blood center in China.

Background: When employing the transcription-mediated amplification method for screening blood donors, there are some non-discriminatory reactive results which are screening assay reactive but HBV-DNA discriminatory assay negative. This raises concerns regarding the possibility of false positives among donors, which may lead to permanent deferral of blood donors and affect blood supply. This study aimed to elucidate the infection status of these non-discriminatory reactive blood donors and develop and validate a model to predict individualized hepatitis B status to establish an optimal screening strategy.

Thermodynamic and Kinetic Activity Descriptors for the Catalytic Hydrogenation of Ketones.

Activity descriptors are a powerful tool for the design of catalysts that can efficiently utilize H with minimal energy losses. In this study, we develop the use of hydricity and H self-exchange rates as thermodynamic and kinetic descriptors for the hydrogenation of ketones by molecular catalysts. Two complexes with known hydricity, HRh(dmpe) and HCo(dmpe), were investigated for the catalytic hydrogenation of ketones under mild conditions (1.

Computational Study of Dehydration and Dehydrogenation of Ethanol on (TiO) ( = 2-4) Nanoclusters.

Dehydration and dehydrogenation of an ethanol molecule on (TiO), = 2-4, nanoclusters were studied at the correlated molecular orbital theory CCSD(T)/aug-cc-pVDZ(-PP(Ti)) level using density functional theory B3LYP/DZVP2-optimized geometries. Physisorption and chemisorption of ethanol at the bridge Ti site on the trimer and tetramer are thermodynamically preferred over these reactions at the Ti site with a terminal Ti═O. Two possible lowest energy reaction coordinates of dehydration were predicted for the dimer and trimer where the β hydrogen on ethanol transfers to the adjacent terminal oxygen, or to the adjacent bidentate oxygen.

The Neurobase of ambiguity loss aversion about decision making.

In our daily decision-making, there are two confusing problems: risk and ambiguity. Many psychological studies and neuroscience studies have shown that the prefrontal cortex (PFC) is an important neural mechanism for modulating the human brain in risk and ambiguity decision-making, especially the dorsolateral prefrontal cortex (DLPFC). We used transcranial direct current stimulation (tDCS) to reveal the causal relationship between the DLPFC and ambiguity decision-making.

Thermodynamics of the Metal Carbonates and Bicarbonates of Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn Relevant to Mineral Energetics.

The gas phase heats of formation of ground-state MCO, M(HCO), and M(HCO)(OH), where M = Mn, Co, Ni, Cu, and Zn, have been predicted using the correlated molecular orbital theory at the CCSD(T) level extrapolated to the complete basis set limit using the Feller-Peterson-Dixon (FPD) approach. Cohesive energies of the carbonates were predicted based on the calculated gas phase and experimental solid heats of formation. Coulombic dissociation energies (CDEs) between metal cations and anions show a near-linear correlation with Shannon metal cation atomic radii, yet no correlation is found with the hardness of these cations.

The impact of nucleic acid testing to detect human immunodeficiency virus, hepatitis C virus, and hepatitis B virus yields from a single blood center in China with 10-years review.

Background: Since 2010, the Blood Center of Zhejiang province, China, has conducted a pilot nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) screening of blood donors for Hepatitis B virus (HBV), Hepatitis C virus (HCV), and Human immunodeficiency virus (HIV). This study aims to assess the results of NAT testing over 10 years to establish the effects and factors influencing NAT yields of HBV, HCV, and HIV.

Methods: Blood donations from seven different blood services were screened for HBV DNA, HCV RNA, and HIV RNA using 6 mini pools (6MP) or individual donation (ID)-NAT method between August 1, 2010, and December 31, 2019, at the NAT centralized screening center.

Electronically Excited Complex Formation in Magnesium Cluster-Halogen Atom Reactions.

A near ultraviolet transition of MgF has been observed in emission from the reaction between magnesium clusters, most likely Mg, and fluorine atoms. Because there is little evidence for upper-state internal excitation, the spectrum is assigned assuming that the upper state is quenched to its lowest vibrational levels. Two of possibly three ground-state vibrational frequencies, υ = 516 ± 10 cm and υ = 104 ± 10 cm, have been established.

Characteristic of HBV nucleic acid amplification testing yields from blood donors in China.

Background: Nucleic acid amplification testing (NAT) for blood screening has been previously performed in some countries to determine NAT yields. The current study sought to explore the non-discriminating reactive NAT yields using individual-NAT (ID-NAT) and characteristics of HBV NAT yields through a 10-year retrospective analysis in Zhejiang, China.

Methods: Blood donations were analyzed using individual-NAT mode by the transcription-mediated amplification (TMA) method.

Different Carbonate Isomers Formed by the Addition of CO to MO for M = Ti, Zr, and Hf.

The chemisorption addition of CO to MO and MO for M = Ti, Zr, and Hf was examined using couple cluster CCSD(T) theory using density functional theory B3LYP geometries. For neutral MOCO, a bridge chemisorbed tridentate carbonate cluster is the lowest energy for Ti and Zr, and a terminal chemisorbed bidentate carbonate is the lowest energy for Hf. For anionic MOCO, the lowest energy structure is a terminal chemisorbed bidentate carbonate for all three metals.

Elucidation of Bottom-Up Growth of CaCO Involving Prenucleation Clusters from Structure Predictions and Decomposition of Globally Optimized (CaCO) Nanoclusters.

Low-energy minima structures for (CaCO), ≤ 28, are predicted using bottom-up genetic algorithms in conjunction with density functional theory electronic structure calculations, in comparison with the frozen and relaxed top-down clusters generated by cuts from the calcite, vaterite, and aragonite crystal structures. Similarities in structural motifs for the bottom-up and relaxed top-down are revealed using a fragment recognition technique. Fragment energy decomposition analysis shows that the bottom-up and relaxed top-down clusters belong to two classes of amorphous clusters with distinct intracluster energy distributions, despite their structural similarity.

Thermodynamics of Metal Carbonates and Bicarbonates and Their Hydrates for Mg, Ca, Fe, and Cd Relevant to Mineral Energetics.

The heats of formation of the carbonate, bicarbonate, and bicarbonate/hydroxide metal complexes, including hydrates of Mg, Ca, Fe, and Cd, and the oxides, dichlorides, and dihydroxides are predicted from atomization energies using correlated molecular orbital theory at the CCSD(T) level extrapolated to the complete basis set limit following the Feller-Peterson-Dixon (FPD) approach. Using the calculated gas phase values and the available experimental solid-state values, we predicted the cohesive energies of selective minerals. The gas phase decomposition energies of MO, CO, and HO follow the order Mg ≈ Ca > Cd ≈ Fe and correlate with the hardness of the metal +2 ions.

Impact of green credit on industrial structure in China: theoretical mechanism and empirical analysis.

Chinese industrial structure is characterized by a large proportion of industries with high energy consumption and high pollution, such as coal, steel, and cement production, and with only a small proportion of green and environment protection industries. In order to optimize this structure, the Chinese government has clearly proposed to upgrade the industrial structure by solving funding problems in the field of environmental protection in the 13th 5-year plan. However, there are no systematic researches on how green credit affects industrial structure and what the corresponding effects are in the current theoretical circle.

A single-label fluorescent derivatization method for quantitative determination of neurotoxin in vivo by capillary electrophoresis coupled with laser-induced fluorescence detection.

Neurotoxin (NT), a short-chain α-neurotoxin, is the main neurotoxic protein identified from the venom of Naja naja atra. As an effective drug for the analgesis of advanced cancer patients, NT lasts longer than morphine and does not cause addiction. However, achieving a sensitive and high-resolution measurement of NT is difficult because of the extra-low content of NT in vivo.

Piperine mediates LPS induced inflammatory and catabolic effects in rat intervertebral disc.

Piperine is an exact of the active phenolic component from Black pepper. It has been reported to have many biological activities including anti-oxidant, anti-inflammatory and anti-tumor effects. Intervertebral disc degeneration (IDD) is a degenerative disease closely relate to inflammation of nucleus pulposus (NP) cells.